Optimism Community Approves Proposal to Buyback OP Tokens

Up until the vote, 100% of Superchain revenue was allocated to a treasury overseen by the Optimism governance community.

Optimism‘s Superchain is a network of layer-2 (L2) chains built on the project’s open-source OP stack, including Sony‘s Soneium, Unichain, Ink, and Coinbase’s Base. It generates income in Ether (ETH) through sequencer revenue from these L2s.

As part of the proposal, Optimism will partner with an over-the-counter provider to execute monthly conversions of Ether (ETH) to OP. The funds will then be held in the treasury, alongside the other remaining ETH.

The foundation stated in its proposal that, based on last years Superchain revenue, a comparable allocation would have seen around 2,700 ETH used for buybacks, or roughly $8 million in OP at current prices.

The Optimism Foundation said that the accumulated OP could be used for a wide range of purposes, including token burning, funding ecosystem expansion, and rewarding participants who help secure the network.

Optimism Foundation executive director Bobby Dresser said in a statement to Cointelegraph that the approval was an “exciting first step in expanding the role of the OP token” and that the program “will help align the OP tokens value with the success of the Superchain ecosystem.”

Despite voting on a major shakeup to the OP tokens dynamics, the price has yet to respond positively. OP is down 1.9% over the past 24 hours, trading at $0.26, according to CoinGecko data.

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